The Revolution Will Be Televised. Image shows from L to R: Jolyon Rubinstein, Heydon Prowse
The Revolution Will Be Televised

The Revolution Will Be Televised

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Three
  • 2012 - 2015
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein take on celebrities, bankers, politicians and others in a satirical prank series. Also features Kieran O'Brien and Jo Bunting.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 3

The Chipping Norton Witch Hunt begins, the Liberal Democrats have some broken promises returned to their HQ, and, whilst Dale Maily spends the day at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race to understand what being British actually means, James and Barnaby have a date with the Chancellor, George Osborne.

Preview clips

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 5th September 2012
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Three
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 6th September 2012 12:00am BBC3
Saturday 8th September 2012 12:45am BBC3
Saturday 8th September 2012 3:15am BBC3
Sunday 9th September 2012 1:30am BBC3
Monday 10th September 2012 1:00am BBC3
Monday 10th September 2012 10:00pm BBC3
Tuesday 11th September 2012 1:30am BBC3
Sunday 23rd December 2012 2:40am BBC3
Wednesday 10th February 2016 1:40am BBC3

Cast & crew

Cast
Heydon Prowse Host / Presenter
Jolyon Rubinstein Host / Presenter
Kieran O'Brien Narrator
Jo Bunting Narrator
Guest cast
Lewis Macleod Narrator
Writing team
Christopher Davies Writer
Alistair Griggs Writer
Joe Wade Writer
Heydon Prowse Writer
Jolyon Rubinstein Writer
Jon Harvey Writer
Chris Atkins Writer
Ben Mellor Writer (Additional Material)
Mike Bradley Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Andy Brown Director
Adam Jarmaine (as Adam Jarmain) Director
Mark Talbot Series Producer
Richard Wilson Executive Producer
Sean Hancock Executive Producer
Daniel M Smith Editor
Mark Williams Editor

Videos

Lib Dem Broken Promises

Jolyon and Heydon go to the Lib Dem HQ and hand them back all of their broken promises, in one form or another.

Featuring: Heydon Prowse & Jolyon Rubinstein.

Barnaby and James Greet George Osborne

New Coalition MPs Barnaby and James attend the Mansion House dinner and hand over a gift to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.

Featuring: Heydon Prowse & Jolyon Rubinstein.

Chipping Norton Witch-Hunt

On the search of a witch in Chipping Norton... has anyone seen Rebecca Brooks?

Featuring: Heydon Prowse & Jolyon Rubinstein.

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